‘The Portuguese connection’ is working again, so the most expensive reinforcement in the history of Wolverhampton arrived at Molineaux. The new player of the English club is former Sporting midfielder Mateus Nunes, for whom Wolves will immediately pay 45 million euros, while they could add another 5 million in bonuses.💬 Matheus Nunes:“I’ve wanted to come here for a long time now. This is the best league in the world for sure and, like I said, it’s the best step for me and I’m ready.”#WWFC | #Wolves pic.twitter.com/Ry3zhMN4It— Talking Wolves (@TalkingWolves) August 17, 2022 Nunes thus surpassed the record previously held by Fabio Silva, who was brought from Porto two years ago for around 40 million. However, he was loaned to Anderlecht this season, which confirms that a fee given for any footballer doesn’t mean that he will actually live up to expectations. The 23-year-old Nunes is still expected to help out immediately, because he is a standard Portuguese representative, who scored seven goals in 76 games. West Ham was also looking for him this year, but the player did not want to go to London.There’s a decline that never goes outThe Portuguese still feel the best in Wolverhampton, and coach Bruno Lange needed a central midfielder after Joao Moutinho’s injury. Wolves coach remained only with Ruben Neves and Leander Dendoncker, as the alternatives in the characters of Connor Ronan and the young Luke Cundle are still not at the Premier League level. Conor Coady left for Everton earlier in the transfer window, so Lange had to switch from the 4-3-3 formation to the 4-2-3-1, although he toyed with the former during the preparations. Apart from that, Nunes is a slightly different type of player than Moutinho and Neves. While they mostly rely on the pass, Nunes can bring the ball forward. Last season in Primeira, he recorded 81 successful dribbles, the most in the league, which is not very common for a central midfielder.##NAJAVA_MECA_6573797##Nunes is Wolverhampton’s third signing this summer, as Gonzalo Guedes (32,6 million – Valencia) and defender Nathan Collins (24,3 million/Burnley) also arrived. It is also rumoured that the Wolves would also like a 20-year-old Benfica striker Gonzalo Ramos, who got more playing time after the departure of Darwin Nunez to Liverpool and has already scored five goals this season. Southampton and Newcastle also want him, and Wolverhampton has already sent a specific offer: 5,000,000 euros for a loan and a mandatory purchase of 30,000,000. It’s just that it’s unlikely that Benfica will release him immediately.
